Others Low tables - Low tables

... coincided with the shortage of natural materials and the rise of petrochemistry. Creators then explore the many possibilities of implementing plastic, such as Danielle Quarante who marketed for Prisunic, in October 1971, stackable seats and low tables made of soft polyurethane foam.

For its great brightness, plexiglass attracts those who wish to live "in transparency", while inflatable furniture, which appeared in the United States, attracts a young clientele, desiring to live in spaces "liberated" by transparency and lightness. Round, square, oval, liftable, with an extendable or removable tabletop, the coffee table today presents various forms and allows for multiple uses. Styles are numerous, from baroque models in gilded wood, to geometric MDF tables, to plexiglass examples that play with sinuous or organic shapes. After the plastic era, solid woods, indigenous or exotic, are once again sought for their authenticity, while coffee tables with slate or concrete tabletops bring a new, bare and monumental modernity.